GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 241*

Short Title:  Medicaid Coverage/Children.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Nye and Jeffus.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 24, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN FAMILIES WITH INCOMES BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, shall adopt rules to implement Medicaid coverage, effective January 1, 1994, for all children up to the age of 19 who live in families with countable incomes below the federal poverty level.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of ten million nine hundred thirty-two thousand eight hundred twenty-six dollars ($10,932,826) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of twenty-four million two hundred forty-four thousand eight hundred fifty-one dollars ($24,244,851) for the 1994-95 fiscal year.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.